Irena Sendler (Al Gore was presented the Nobel Peace Prize over this amazing woman?! The Norwegian Nobel Committee should be ashamed...)

An amazing story of a true hero. She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, but Al Gore was selected??

Remember this lady? I didn't either - Originally posted on Diasp.org An amazing woman who saved over 2500 infants and children during WWII in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. She eventually was captured and tortured and miraculously got out when she was scheduled for execution! She missed getting the Nobel Peace Prize 'by that much' in 2007. The year that Al Gore received it. She died in 2008.

Remember this lady? Really, Al Gore won the nobel peace prize over this woman? Who was on that committee. Read this, it is truly amazing and inspiring what one person is willing to do and can do.

The photo is the “Pulitzer Prize” winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudan Famine. The picture depicts stricken child crawling towards an United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away. The vulture is waiting for the child to die so that it can eat him. This picture shocked the whole world. No one knows what happened to the child, including the photographer Kevin Carter who left the place as soon as the photograph was taken. Three months later he committed suicide due to depression.

This picture and story has haunted me since I had first seen it quite some time ago... Kevin Carter 1993. Carter won the Pulitzer Prize for this photograph but faced criticism for not helping the child. Consumed with the violence he’d witnessed, and haunted by the questions as to the little girl’s fate, he committed suicide three months later.

THE VULTURE AND THE STARVING CHILD by Kevin Carter a starving toddler trying to reach a feeding center when a hooded vulture landed nearby. Carter reported taking the picture, because it was his "job title", and leaving. He was told not to touch the children for fear of transmitting disease. He committed suicide 3 months after winning the Pulitzer Prize.

History - Iconic Photos (55 pics) ... /// ... 143 Vulture Stalking a Child In March 1993, photographer Kevin Carter made a trip to southern Sudan, where he took now iconic photo of a vulture preying upon an emaciated Sudanese toddler near the village of Ayod. Carter said he waited about 20 minutes, hoping that the vulture would spread its wings. It didn’t. Carter snapped the haunting photograph and chased the vulture away. (The parents of the girl were busy taking food from the same UN plane Carter took to Ayod). The photograph was sold to The New York Times where it appeared for the first time on March 26, 1993 as ‘metaphor for Africa’s despair’. Practically overnight hundreds of people contacted the newspaper to ask whether the child had survived, leading the newspaper to run an unusual special editor’s note saying the girl had enough strength to walk away from the vulture, but that her ultimate fate was unknown. Carter came under criticism for not helping the girl. ”The man adjusting his lens to take just the right frame of her suffering might just as well be a predator, another vulture on the scene,” read one editorial. Carter eventually won the Pulitzer Prize for this photo, but he couldn’t enjoy it. Consumed with the violence he’d witnessed, and haunted by the questions as to the little girl’s fate, he committed suicide three months later.Read more at http://acidcow.com/pics/5359-iconic-photos-60-pics.html#3Af563iidEzR6Gcs.99

A Buddhist monk shares his meal with a tiger at the Kanchanaburi 'Tiger Temple' in Thailand [2014 ][OS] photo by Wojtek Kalka 1032-934x.jpg (934×622)

Thai Buddhist Monk feeding a tiger from his own bowl in Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, which is a Theravada Buddhist temple in western Thailand that was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and sanctuary for wild animals, among them several tigers, mostly Indo-chinese Tigers. Love this photo.

Beautiful fall colors, lovely bridge over a creek. Best guess for source of image is 11/2010 Conscious Design Magazine.

A little more on the Rainbow part of the Woods: the trees are all different colors, all vibrant and jewel-tone. In autumn, the leaves turn a darker hue of the color, as if you added a splotch of black paint into the mix. The female birds and animals and such are all colored to blend in, while the males, to stand out and attract mates, are all snow white. The brighter and purer the white, the more attractive to prospective mates.

Talk about a rainbow of fall color, this beauty was found in Eagle River, WI. nature

bouquet charms, pictures of those who aren't there on your special day.. Cute idea

Photo charms attached to this bride's bouquet. Cute idea

(would do but do in memory of my mom so she would be close on my wedding day. miss youWedding Bridal Bouquet Charm Kits Square -for Family photos and Initials (Includes everything you need). $10.95, via Etsy.

such a beautiful red fall color...

#Red #Autumn #Fall #Trees #Nature

"Every road is worth traveling as the view and experience is different every time." - Chris Mott - Find Your Sprinkles - www.mottivation.com

Previous Pinner -"We used to have a little british green MG. One autumn we were taking a ride on a country road and came around a curve and WHAM - the most brilliant red leaves I have ever seen. I will never forget it."

The Doors, Statue Of Liberty, Worldtradecenter, September 11, New York Cities, World Trade Center, Twin Towers, Statues Of Liberty, Newyork

World Trade Center and Statue of Liberty... Although not "Michigan" and it is in my Michigan collection, it is the United States of America... I was in NYC to see these towers and this iconic statue in 1979. Some time after September 11, 2001, I took out my photos to remember... May we never forget...

World Trade Center and Statue of Liberty, New York City 1988 | by Jersey JJ, via Flickr. Never Forget #911 #worldtradecenter #ladyliberty

New York/[Former] Twin Towers, Statue of Liberty: Remember when?...I do...Senior English class interrupted by the American Government teacher town the hall bursting through the doors, frantic, telling in a jumble what was happening (first tower was hit) and insisting we all join her class to watch....and we did.

World Trade Center and Statue of Liberty in New York City. Miss the Twin Towers.

one of the places I want to visit. "Christ the Redeemer" is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world and the world's 5th largest statue of Jesus Christ.

Bucket List - The Cristo Redentor is a statue of Jesus of Nazareth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world and the 5th largest statue of Jesus in the world. built 1922

Planning. Christ the Redeemer statue in #RiodeJaneiro, Brazil

happy puppy in a sun spot

Soak up that sun little puppy.

Dear God, please give me to a little boy who can run fast. Also I'm praying for a bone. (And please also don't make me shed so that my mamma will love me even more.) Amen. || #cute #dog #puppy #praying

a little sunshine feels good for this cute golden retriever puppy. Vitamin D is very good for dogs. Take your dog out and let soak in some sun!

Sweet, sage animals really know how to soak in the sun and the now. Love this little one.

Romantic Love Castle by the Sea in Crimea. One of the most popular tourist attractions in Crimea is the Swallow's Nest Castle, which sits atop the Aurora Cliff overlooking the Black Sea. http://onlinedating.russianlovematch.com/post/Romantic-Love-Castle-by-the-Sea-in-Crimea.aspx